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by: David Haas Few things in life are as tragic as a cancer diagnosis or the treatments. Those who are diagnosed have many questions to consider: what kind of treatment is best, how will this affect my career and family, how can I cope with this? The family and friends of cancer patients must also [...]

More than a decade has passed since a groundbreaking article, The Hallmarks of Cancer, was published in Cell by Douglas Hanahan and Robert A.Weinberg that in many ways crystallized the scientific community’s “roadmap” for studying and treating cancer.  Now, the authors have revisited this framework in a recent article published in Cell, The Hallmarks of Cancer: the [...]

We have all heard stories about perceptive dogs sensing trouble, rescuing their families from burning houses and alerting them to burglars, and now they’ve joined the fight against cancer. In recent years, dogs have been at the side of patients, raising spirits through unqualified affection and playfulness. Researchers in Japan are now taking a closer [...]


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